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I'm not going to apologize to them. Any of them. [ That would require speaking to them at all in the first place. ]

You can do it - it's your fault. And you can explain everything to Peeta when he gets here, because I'm just -...I'm not.

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[Really, Katniss?]

You're still keep secrets, aren't you?

What's it like over there, anyway?

It's...

[ Horrible. Scary. Slightly horrifying. People love random people, demons take our faces, 'Snow' is a name for normal people, there are two rulers and numerous kings, and those are like presidents... ]

...not so bad. [ All the time. ] You might like it there. [ Some of the time. ]

It can't be worse than the Games.

[Or can it?]

It's not. [ Not...really. ]

It's different there.

I guess it'd have to be. Everywhere's different than everything else.

But... what have you been doing to survive? Have you been hunting?

[And is it going to get you in trouble? He furrows his brow a little.]

[ here let me answer all your questions in one swell fwoop. ]

There's a hunting grounds here. And a sort of...hunting club.

A hunting... club.

It seems a little risky having a big group out there at once.

[WHAT IF THEY GET CAUGHT? He rubs his head.]

That's kind of troubling, Katniss. Although, maybe if whoever rules there isn't as strict as the Capitol, it might be worth it.

What - oh. No. No, Peeta, it's a hunting ground - not just a woods. We're allowed there, and it's -

[ silly boy. he requires some broad, square-ish hand gestures. she's making a box with her hands. ]

- sectioned off. For us.

[Wait, what? He frowns a little and eyes her.]

You can just hunt whenever you want?

Yes. Within the hunting grounds I can. I think it...would cause a few problems if I tried to in the city...

...there are wild animals in the city?

[What. Even District 12 had fences. Now he's imagining bears running around in the streets.]

They don't...wander around the streets, no. Most of then stay in the trees.

[ And the mist. She supposes she does owe him some sort of warning. ]

...Sometimes... Sometimes monsters do.

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[Just for a second there, he flashes on a bear hugging a tree.]

Oh... you mean birds and raccoons and squirrels, right?

[He's about to be relieved about that, except then there's that thing about the monsters, which makes his face darken.]

I can't believe they let muttations into the city. That would be twisted even in the Capitol.

I don't really know what to think of all this.

Sometimes deer. I haven't seen much else.

[ She bites her lip. Oh... Oh geez. How is she supposed to explain things to him that she doesn't even fully understand herself? ]

No... No, Peeta, I don't think these are mutts. I -...they weren't made. They just are. The Capitol couldn't do anything like this.

[ Create flesh eating beasts that take faces and lure victims to parties. As much as Katniss doesn't want to think about that, it's a small comfort to do so, just to then remind herself that they aren't mutts. Demons, she'd heard other people say. ]

[ Wait, she should really try to be comforting here, shouldn't she... Uh. ]

There's no Capitol there or - or anything.

[ Her voice pitched up there at the end; it sounded a lot like a question, but it was worth a try. It's a nice thought. ]

[Oh, deer, well deer aren't that bad. Unless they're trying to run you down but even then they're better than mutts. Or Careers. Or tracker jackers. He rubs his face to shut out the sudden flood of comparisons that he really didn't want.]

It's hard to believe there's some kind of limit to what the Capitol could do. Then again, I guess if they were really omnipotent I'd still have two legs.

[Somehow this gets a good-natured smile, even as he ponders the rest of her explanation.]

So it's a city in the middle nowhere. And it has hunting grounds you're allowed to use anytime you like... and monsters in the streets that aren't. Muttations. And no... leadership? No government?

[Is that awful or wonderful? He can't completely decide, but considering the alternative he's leaning to wonderful, right now.]

[ Peeta... Really, boy, you're getting ahead of yourself. Just because she said there's no Capitol doesn't mean there's no government - it just means it's not like theirs. The same way all those knights and kings and princes run their governments and are nothing like Snow, and the only Snow she knows is at the bottom if the political power food chain, and not all that bad - ]

[ - but let's not think about Jon. Let's think about how glad she is that she was here first so she can horribly explain these things. At least Peeta won't go in blind, and it's not all bad news she has to impart. ]

N...o, there are leaders. But they're children, from what I hear, and don't ever leave their home. They don't care about what happens in the city.

They don't - [ know about us; hate us; know me or what I've done - we've done. ] - care about us.

[ Isn't that wonderful? ]

[A beat. Still trying to process what he thinks of that.]

...leaders should care about their people. Really care about them. Not just pretend they do and then bleed them dry.

[ She agrees. The thin line her lips press into say that loud enough. But she also shrugs a little. ]

They don't...bleed us. They leave us alone and for the most part, that works well.

Well... it isn't ideal. But it's better than the alternative.

[because he can scarcely imagine a good government.]

Exactly.

There's no Games there either. [ Oh. Wait. Wince. ] Not...exactly, at least.

...not exactly?

[What in the world does that mean? There are either Games or no Games, oh god.]

How can there kind of be Games?

No one dies.

[ ...most of the time. ]

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on V-day backlash (and a peeta) at scorched

/HIDING UNDER THE SOFA

/lures out with food

/...peeks out and nibbles

/pats head

/...GNAWS. OKAY IM TRYING THIS NORMAL GUY THING

you're doing fabulously normal at him.

LOOK AT HIM. BEING NORMAL.

SUCH A NORMAL GUY. ...although that kinda makes him weird too.

it's because he's a baker. >.>

those flour dusted hands lack true mangrit.

he can bake a mean bread. >.>

which is just really yummy bread with a frowny face on it. :(

yes. with raisins for eyes and a strip of sweet cheese for a mouth.

sounds delicious =A=

he's so opening a bakery.

And she gets a free pass for everything, right?

ALWAYS. ANYTHING FOR YOU, KATNISS.

oh bb how has she ever survived without you. her diet has sorely lacked bread.

too much meat is bad for you, katniss. whole grains are the future.

Lies and slander. And cheesy bread

nut and raisin bread, too! AND CAKE.

let her eat cake!!!